Given data:

H= 57.7 ft
δL = 0.5 ft
δθ = 0.2 deg

For this building height, we are to vary θ (and therefore L ) to minimize the uncertainty u H.
Plotting u H vs θ

θ (deg) uH Uncertainty in Height (H = 57.7 ft) vs θ

5 4.02%
10 2.05% 12%
15 1.42%
10%
20 1.13%
25 1.00% 8%
30 0.95%

uH
6%
35 0.96%
40 1.02% 4%
45 1.11% 2%
50 1.25%
0%
55 1.44%
60 1.70% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
65 2.07% θ (o)
70 2.62%
75 3.52%
80 5.32%
85 10.69%

Optimizing using Solver

θ (deg) uH
31.4 0.947%

To find the optimum θ as a function of building height H we need a more complex Solver

H (ft) θ (deg) uH
50 29.9 0.992% Optimum Angle vs Building Height
75 34.3 0.877%
50
100 37.1 0.818%
125 39.0 0.784% 40
175 41.3 0.747%
200 42.0 0.737%
θ (deg)

30
250 43.0 0.724%
300 43.5 0.717% 20
400 44.1 0.709%
10
500 44.4 0.705%
600 44.6 0.703% 0
700 44.7 0.702% 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
800 44.8 0.701%
900 44.8 0.700% H (ft)
1000 44.9 0.700%

Use Solver to vary ALL θ's to minimize the total u H!

Total u H's: 11.3%